State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. County Court

Certiorari lies to review questions of the jurisdiction of a trial court to revise, modify, and correct its judgment or sentence. State ex rel. Zabel v. Municipal Court (1923), 179 Wis. 195, 190 N. W. 121, 191 N. W. 565.

The record before us clearly shows that the ten-year sentence was imposed April 3, 1957, and that Gerarden was received at the prison and began serving his sentence on April 9, 1957. At pages 199, 200 of the Zábel Case, supra, this court held that Wisconsin adheres to the common-law principle that a trial court has no power to revise its judgment and sentence in a criminal…